| Description |
vii, 228 pages : illustrations, maps (black and white) ; 23 cm. |
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unmediated n rdamedia |
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volume nc rdacarrier |
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Geographies of justice and social transformation ; 56 |
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Geographies of justice and social transformation ; 56.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-224) and index. |
| Summary |
"This book documents how whiteness can take up space in US cities and policies through well-intentioned progressive policy agendas that support green urbanism. Through in-depth ethnographic research in Kansas City, I explore how urban food projects-a key pillar of the city's green urban policy agenda-are conceived, implemented, and how they are perceived by residents of 'food deserts,' those intended to benefit from these projects. In doing so, I examine the narratives and histories that mostly white local food advocates are guided by, and I uplift an alternative urban history of Kansas City-one that centers the contributions of Black and brown residents to urban prosperity, and highlights how displacement of communities of color, through green development, has historically been a key urban development strategy in the city. This book highlights how myopic focus on green urbanism, as a solution to myriad urban 'problems,' ends up reinforcing racial inequity, and uplifting structural whiteness. Whiteness is now oft-publicly discussed in the U.S. This makes fine-grained analysis of how whiteness takes up space in our cities even more important. I examine this process intimately, and in doing so, flesh out our understanding of how racial inequities can be (re)created by everyday urban actors"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Contents |
ch. 1 Green Urbicide A History of Displacement and Urban Violence in Kansas City between the Nineteenth and Twenty-First Centuries -- ch. 2 Creating White Public Space in the Urban Food System Institutionalized Understandings of Race and Space in Kansas City -- ch. 3 Getting a Seat at the Table White Local "Foodies" and Green Urban Development Policy -- ch. 4 "Don't You Know You Live in a Food Desert?": Food Charity Programming and the Lived Realities of Seeking Food Aid in Kansas City -- ch. 5 "We Know We're Being Treated Like Tokens": Black Urban Farmers Navigating and Contesting Structural Racism in Kansas City's Local Food Economy -- ch. 6 "Apparently We Grow Culturally Appropriate Food in That" Green Urban Citizenship and the Strategic Utilization of Urban Agriculture Policy to Meet Community Needs -- ch. 7 "We Can Change the Landscape" Reinscribing Black Geographies into City Space via Urban Agriculture -- ch. 8 Imagining Another Way to Live in the City Confronting Spatialized Whiteness in Urban Greening Initiatives. |
| Subject |
Sustainable urban development -- Missouri -- Kansas City.
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Sustainable urban development -- Kansas -- Kansas City.
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White people -- Race identity -- Missouri -- Kansas City.
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White people -- Race identity -- Kansas -- Kansas City.
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Green movement -- Missouri -- Kansas City.
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Green movement -- Kansas -- Kansas City.
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Minorities -- Missouri -- Kansas City.
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Minorities -- Kansas -- Kansas City.
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Marginality, Social -- Missouri -- Kansas City.
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Marginality, Social -- Kansas -- Kansas City.
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Social stratification -- Missouri -- Kansas City.
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Social stratification -- Kansas -- Kansas City.
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Green movement (OCoLC)fst00947621
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Marginality, Social (OCoLC)fst01009156
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Minorities (OCoLC)fst01023088
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Social stratification (OCoLC)fst01123370
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Sustainable urban development (OCoLC)fst01744955
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White people -- Race identity
(OCoLC)fst01174825
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Kansas -- Kansas City
(OCoLC)fst01214045
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Missouri -- Kansas City
(OCoLC)fst01204999
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| Added Title |
Green urban development and Black resistance in Kansas City |
| ISBN |
9780820364087 hardcover |
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0820364088 hardcover |
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9780820364094 paperback |
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0820364096 paperback |
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9780820364100 electronic book |
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9780820364117 electronic book |
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